Shirt neckband and method of making the same



March 8', 1927.

P. LEICHTER SHIRT NECKBAND AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed June 25, 1926 Fig. 3

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PHILIP LEICHTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT NEUKBAND AND METHOD OF LTAKING THE SAME.

Application filed June 25, 1925.

This invention relates to shirt neckbands and to the method of making such bands, and contemplates a construction wherein the band is made of a single piece of material so seamed and folded as to provide independent flaps, whereby the shirt may be readily seamed to the band, and suitable protective structure is provided preventing contact of the collar buttons both at the back and front with the neck of the wearer.

The various objects of my invention will be clear as the descriptionprogress-es, reference being had to the drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the blank, from which the band is made, in a partly folded position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the completely folded and seamed band.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the fin- .ished band.

Fig. 4 is .a perspective view of a part of the partly fold-ed blank showing in dotted lines the position assumed by certain of the flaps during the folding operation.

Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the folded blank after seaming but before the reversal thereof, the thickness of the parts being greatly exaggerated for clearness,

Fig. 6 is a similar view of the finished band.

Fig. 7 is a cross section of the band taken on the line 7+7 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 8 is a similar section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 3.

In the practical embodiment of my inven tion, I prefer to form the band 10 from .a rectangular blank as 11 of suitable fabric. Three independently movable doubled flaps as 12, 13 and 14 respectively are folded up from the blank, which may be marked with the fold lines 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 dividing the blank longitudinally into six preferably equal parts, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 respectively.

The blank may be folded in a variety of different ways to form the three doubled flaps desired, but I prefer to fold the flap 20 about the fold 15 on to the flap 21Vto form the doubled flap 13. Similarly the flap 25 is folded about the fold line 19 to form the doubled flap 12. The material at the cent-er of the blank is depressed at the fold 17' so that the flaps 22 and 23 are folded one on the other, to form the doubled flap 14, or the blank may be folded. in half to produce the same result, after the doubled flaps 12 Serial No. "118,408.

and 13 have first been folded up. In either case, the fold lines 16 and 1-8 are brought together, and the edges 26 and 27 of the blank also lie adjacent to each other after the folding described. The final step in the folding operation is to carry the doubled flap 14 consisting of the flaps 22 and 23 about the lines 16 and 18, which now form a single fold line for practical purposes, into the position shown in Fig. 5, whereby the folds 16 and 18 form a closed fold at the upper edge of the band, and the folds 15, 17 and 19 form three separate and distinct closed folds at the lower edge of said band. 7

However, 1 do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise method of folding the blank into the three flaps above described, as it will be obvious that other ways of folding are possible for the attainment of the desired result, which is the formation of three doubled flaps with the closed folds thereof at the bottom edge 33'of the band, a single closed fold at the exterior of the top edge 32, and the arrangement of the extreme edges 26 and 27 of the blank on the inside of the band out of the way.

It is often advisable to reinforce the flap 13 at the inner front end of the band where the back part of the front collar button is adapted to be held, since the doubled flap 13 is often of insufficient thickness and stiffness to prevent the head of a collar button passed through the button hole 28 therein from working its way out under stress. I prefer to accomplish the reinforcement by providing a comparatively small piece as 29 seamed to one of the flaps as 21 by means of the seams .30 before the blank is folded.

After the completion ofthe folding operation, the seam 31 is made near the upper edge 32 of the band thereby fastening all the flaps together. Said seam 31 is preferably run along a predetermined line, preferably marked on either of the flaps 21 or 22 and may be of the shape to which it is desired to have the upper edge of the finished band conform. It will be understood, however, that a straight seam, not necessary to be shown, may be used if desired in place of the shaped seam. The fold-ed band is then reversed or turned inside out preferably between the flaps 13 and 14 into the position shown in Fig. 6, though this step may be omitted if desired. In the case where a shaped seam 31 is used this step of reversal ill of the band causes the upper edge of the band to become shaped in accordance with the shape of said seam. It will be understood further that the surplus material above the seam 31 may be removed if desired, though I have not found it necessary to do so. In fact, said surplus material helps to stiffen the band and to maintain its shape.

The front outer button hole is then made through all of the flaps, the back button hole through the flaps 12 and 13, .and the front inner button hole 28 through the flap 13 and in the case where the reinforcing piece is used, then the hole 28 is made through said piece also. The band is then completely ready, for the seaming of the upper edge of a shirt between the flaps 12 and l tby suitable stitching in the usual manner, the stitching being interrupted near the button hole in the usual manner so as to exclude a part of the flaps 12 and 13 and at the place near the button hole 28, to exclude a part of the flap 13 and the reinforcement piece therefor, whereby the unstitched portions mentioned are not attached to the shirt. If desired, the band may be curved slightly as it is seamed to the shirt to insure the proper lit.

The head of the back collar button is intended to pass through the flaps 12 and 13, the back of said button being intended to be arranged between the flaps 12 and l l, while the head of the front collar similarly should pass through the flap 13 and the member 29 in the case where such member is used. The back of the front collar button is intended to be held between the flaps 12 and 13 so that the neck of the wearer is protected thereagainst.

It will be understood that the step of my improved method consisting of folding the blank may be greatly varied, that the reinforcing member 28 may be dispensed with, and the shape and position of the seam 31 greatly varied, and that various other changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and the range of equivalents afforded by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The method of making a neckband of a single blank comprising folding the blank along longitudinal lines only to provide three rectangular joined two-ply flaps of equal length and width each closed and free at the lower edge thereof and each having two free ends at each extremity thereof, seaming the upper edge and the free ends of the folded blank in such a manner as to shape the edge and the ends and reversing the seamed and folded blank about the seamed edge.

2. The method of making a neckband of a single blank comprising folding the blank -to form a straight upper edge and seaming the blank along a line of predetermined shape spaced at varying distances from the upper edge of the blank and then reversing the blank about the seamed edge for giving the upper edge the predetern'iined shape.

3. The method of making a neckband of a single blank comprising folding the blank along longitudinal lines only into three doubled flaps of equal size free at the lower edges thereof, seaming the upper edge only of the folded blank, turning the blank inside out, making a front inner button hole through the outermost flap, and a rear button hole through the outermost and the center flap.

4. The method of making a neckband of a single rectangular blank comprising dividing the blank into six equal sections by marking the blank with five equally spaced fold lines, folding each of the edge sections about the respective outermost fold lines, then folding the blank in two about the central fold line to bring each of the second fold lines from the edges adjacent to each other, folding the two central sections about said second fold lines to form three doubled flaps connected at their upper edges and free at their lower edges, and then seaming said upper edges together.

5. The method of making a neckband of a single blank comprising dividing the blank into six substantially equal sections, folding the blank about its center line, forming a doubled flap from the two sections adjacent to thecenter line, forming a pair of doubled flaps each from the two adjacent sect-ions nearest one edge of the blank, arranging all of said doubled flaps as as to form a band closed along the upper edge and to leave the flaps free along the lower edges thereof, seaming the. upper edge, and reversing the band about the upper edge.

6. A neckband of a single piece of material, including three two-ply flaps of equal size connected together at the upper edge of the band and free at the lower edges thereof and having a front inner button hole near one end thereof through the outermost of said flaps, and a front outer button hole near the other end thereof through all of said flaps.

7 A neckband of a single piece of mate rial including a two-ply outer flap, a twoply inner flap and a two-ply central flap all of said flaps being of equal size and shape, a seam at the upper edge of said band for shaping said edge, and a closed fold on each of said flaps at the lower edges thereof, free and independent of the lower edges of the remaining flaps, said band having a front inner button hole at one end thereof through the outer of said flaps and a front outer button hole at the other end thereof through all of said flaps. 7

S. A neckband comprising three two-ply flaps of equal size and shape folded from a single piece of material and free of each other at the lower edges thereof, each of said flaps having two free ends at each extremity thereof, a seam passing through all of said free ends of said flaps and through all of the upper edges of said flaps, said neckband having a back button hole at the center passing through the outermost and central flaps and a front button hole at one end passing through the outermost of said flaps and a second front button hole at the other end through all of said flaps.

9. A neckband of a single piece of mate rial including a two-ply outer flap, a two ply inner flap, and a two-ply central flap, all of said flaps being of the same size and shape and having closed foldedlower edges free of each other, a seam at the upper edges of all of said flaps, a reinforcing strip seamed to the inner face of the outer flap at one end thereof, said neckband having a central button hole through the outermost and central flaps and having an end button hole passing through the outermost flap and through said reinforcing strip, and all of said flaps being pierced With a button hole at the end furthest from said strip.

10. A neckband comprising three two-ply flaps all folded from a single piece of material and of the same size and shape and a short reinforcing strip seamed to the outermost of said flaps at one end thereof, said outermost flap having a central butt-on hole therethrough and having an end butt-on hole passing through said outermost flap and the reinforcing strip, and all of said flaps having a button hole passing through the ends thereof furthest from said strip.

PHILIP LEICHTEB. 

